Field Guide to Jetty Island

PickleweedSalicornia virginica
This short, succulent plant has been popping up in gourmet restaurants as “sea asparagus.” It does have a salty, pleasant taste. It’s typically found near another similar-looking succulent, fleshy Jaumea, which is poisonous. So save the sampling for a guided ranger tour.
Spot in the saltwater marshes.
(Annie Mulligan / For The Herald)